Saturday, 9 January 2016

No interview for IBPS Clerk V ?

PM Modi in his man-ki-baat programme that aired few months before announced .that from January 1, 2016 there would be no interviews for central government jobs in Class-III and IV categories. He had termed it as a "New Year Gift" to the youth and a major step to curb corruption.Following this order public sector banks are now circulating orders regarding discontinuing of interview for clerical posts.All this points to the discontinuation of interview round for IBPS clerk.However IBPS has not issued any official notification regarding discontinuation of clerical post interview.

Here is an abstract of an article that has appeared in economictimes.

Finance Ministry has asked Public Sector Banks (PSBs) to strengthen written examination for recruitment of clerical and sub-staff posts as there will be no interviews for such appointments.
"PSBs may explore other alternatives to strengthen written examination such as by including psychometric tests, etc. to replace interview mechanism," the Department of Financial Services said in a communication to Chief Executives of all the 27 state-owned banks.
The PSBs were asked to take "necessary action" to discontinue interviews in the recruitment process for the clerical and sub-staff posts by December 31, 2015. The Committee of Secretaries chaired by Cabinet Secretary in its meeting held on November 13 had recommended discontinuation of interviews in PSBs for junior level posts.
Recently, the Department of Personnel and Training had said that skill test or physical test may continue as it is different from interview. "However, these tests will only be of qualifying nature. Assessment will not be done on the basis of marks for such tests," it had said.